Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. (SCZM) vs Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (USAS)

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. and Americas Gold and Silver Corporation are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $997.6M against $680.2M — 1.5× the size. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. trades at 22.7×. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.0% against 39.6%. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. has the higher net margin (9.97% vs −26.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (52.0% vs 6.78%). Across the 18 metrics below, Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. leads on 14 and Americas Gold and Silver Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 22.71 n/m 22.71
P/S 1.62 5.39 5.39
P/B 3.21 3.31 1.39
Price to free cash flow 23.40 n/m 14.19
EV/EBITDA 4.16 18.63 5.51
EV/Sales 1.46 5.19 4.77
Earnings yield 4.40% (6.23%) (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield 4.27% (7.15%) (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 35.46% 51.16% 14.48%
Operating margin 28.74% 15.48% 0.00%
Net margin 9.97% (26.28%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.91% (38.56%) 0.00%
Return on equity 22.48% (27.09%) (6.24%)
Return on assets 9.83% (14.10%) (14.10%)
Return on invested capital 52.04% 6.78% (3.57%)

Growth

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.61% 87.99% 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (75.20%) 22.35% (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 33.43% 6.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.18 0.04
Current ratio 1.51 1.62 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA (0.56) 16.23 1.03

Dividend

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 2.31%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric SCZM USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 680.22m 997.57m 433.17m

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